Geologia Croatica, Vol. 65 No. 2, 2012.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.4154/GC.2012.11
Taxonomy and stratigraphy of an algal assemblage in Palaeogene deposits of the northern foothills of Mt. Biokovo (Southern Croatia)
Branko Sokač
; Croatian Geological Survey, Sachsova 2, P.O. Box 268, HR-10000 Zagreb
Ivo Velić
Tonći Grgasović
; Croatian Geological Survey, Sachsova 2, P.O. Box 268, HR-10000 Zagreb
Vlasta Ćosović
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb
Igor Vlahović
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb
Abstract
A rich algal assemblage at the Kozica locality, in the northern foothills of Mt. Biokovo, contains, among other forms, Praturlonella salernitana BARATTOLO. In addition, the descriptions of Clypeina bucuri BARATTOLO & ROMANO and C. lucana BARATTOLO & ROMANO are updated, and the originally described Clypeina teakolarae RADOIČIĆ et al., has been tentatively transferred to the genus Falsolikanella GRANIER; hence Falsolikanella? teakolarae n. comb. Falsolikanella? macropora n. sp. is described, characterized by probable metaspondyle growth of clearly phloiophorous branches, differentiated individually into a narrow stalk and very long, markedly widened, outer part. Based on the algal assemblage as a whole, together with benthic and planktonic foraminifers, the stratigraphic position of the algal-bearing level has been defined as Ypresian (lowermost Eocene).
Keywords
Calcareous algae (Dasycladales); taxonomy; stratigraphy; Eocene; Dinarides; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
84692
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Publication date:
30.6.2012.
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